What you’ll be able to do
Level 2 adds the tenses you need to talk about more of your life, and sorts out two pairs of words that often confuse learners.
Talk across past, present and future
Move between what you did, what you’re doing and what you’re going to do.
Choose the right word
Know when to use ser or estar, and por or para.
Describe people and things
Make adjectives agree, and say what someone or something is like.
Get things done in Spanish
Take public transport or a taxi, hire a car and make a phone call in Spanish.
The people in the lessons
Mark and Kara carry on where Level 1 left off. Mark explains, and Kara takes on the role of the learner, asking the questions and having a go, so you pick it up along with her.
If you’re coming back to Spanish after a long gap, you may remember more than you think, and this level helps you build on it.
Inside every lesson
All 40 lessons follow the same shape, so you always know what to do next.
What’s included
Pay once and it’s yours for life, on every device you use.
- 40 full lessons Over 20 hours of audio.
- Video lessons With the Spanish on screen.
- Comprehensive lesson notes Grammar, vocabulary and transcripts.
- Interactive quizzes Check your progress as you go.
- Downloads Take the audio and notes offline.
- Lifetime access One payment, no subscription.
Video
The video lesson
Mark and Kara work through the lesson, with the Spanish on screen as you go.
Audio
The audio lesson
Download the same lesson to review on the move.
Notes
Lesson notes
Read the dialogues, grammar explanations, vocabulary and cultural notes in full.
Bonus
Bonus audio
Test your understanding with review, translation challenges and extra vocabulary.
The 40 lessons
The lessons start with the present tense and move on to the past, the perfect tense and the subjunctive.
Part 1 · Lessons 1 to 10
The present tense
Use regular, reflexive and radical-changing verbs, make arrangements, describe people and find out when to use ser or estar.
- 1The present tense
- 2More on the present tense
- 3Reflexive verbs
- 4Making arrangements
- 5Making more arrangements
- 6Using the correct verb for “to be”
- 7Radical-changing verbs
- 8Agreement of adjectives
- 9Describing people
- 10End-of-unit language quiz
Part 2 · Lessons 11 to 20
Talking about the past
Talk about the future, then learn the preterite and its irregular verbs, and use the imperfect to describe the past.
- 11Talking about the future
- 12Review of present tense verbs
- 13Introducing the preterite tense
- 14Preterite tense of -er and -ir verbs
- 15Preterite tense of irregular verbs
- 16Spelling changes in the preterite tense
- 17Identity quiz
- 18Talking more about the past: the imperfect tense
- 19Describing the past
- 20End-of-unit test
Part 3 · Lessons 21 to 30
Saying “for”, and getting around
Learn when to use por and para, meet the perfect tense, then take public transport or a taxi, hire a car and make a phone call.
- 21Using “for” in Spanish
- 22Expressing purpose using para
- 23Various uses of por
- 24Introducing the perfect tense
- 25When to use the perfect tense and irregular verbs
- 26More on the perfect tense
- 27Travelling by public transport
- 28Travelling by taxi
- 29Hiring a car
- 30Making a phone call in Spanish
Part 4 · Lessons 31 to 40
Socialising, and the subjunctive
Get to know people and talk about birthdays, then learn the conditional, the imperative, the continuous tenses and the subjunctive.
- 31Getting to know someone in Spain
- 32Review of the weather and other language
- 33Talking about birthdays
- 34Conditional tense in a café setting
- 35The imperative
- 36Continuous tenses
- 37Review of tenses
- 38Introduction to the subjunctive in a tapas bar
- 39When to use the subjunctive
- 40More subjunctives, and saying goodbye
From learners on the course
“I particularly enjoy the bonus audio, which has music as an extra learning aid & also the listener is encouraged to interact. Just what I need, muchas gracias!”
“your course has the right balance for speaking the language and technical approach.”
Questions
What’s the difference between the course and the free podcast?
The free podcast is the audio of each lesson. The course adds the video lessons, lesson notes, quizzes and bonus audio, all without ads.
Is it the Spanish of Spain or Latin America?
The Spanish in the lessons is the Spanish of Spain, which is the Spanish Mark speaks. In each lesson he points out where Latin American Spanish is different, and explains the vocabulary and structures, so you’ll recognise both. Wherever you go in the Spanish-speaking world, you’ll be understood with the Spanish you learn in Coffee Break Spanish.
Is Level 2 right for me?
It’s for learners who’ve finished Level 1, or who are coming back to Spanish after some time. If you can follow the first free Level 2 episode, it’s a good fit.
Can I download the materials?
The videos stream online, and the lesson notes and audio download to your device.
How long do I have access?
For life. Pay once and it’s yours, across all of your devices.
When does it start and finish?
It starts the moment you join and has no end date. It’s self-paced, so you set the timeline.
Can I try it before I buy?
Yes. You can listen to the lessons free on the podcast. The course adds all the support that goes with them: a video of every lesson, full lesson notes and transcripts, quizzes and bonus audio.
Find the course that fits you
Coffee Break Spanish has five levels, from absolute beginner to advanced. If this one doesn’t feel right, try the level above or below.
The Level 1 course40 lessons for absolute beginners, with video lessons, notes and exercises
The Level 3 courseTake your Spanish further with 40 lessons of conversation and grammar
The Level 4 courseFollow María and Rory through a summer in Mallorca, in 40 lessons
La penúltima voluntadChallenge yourself with a story written for advanced learners
Coffee Break Spanish · Level 2
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